By a conformal string in Euclidean space is meant a closed critical curve with non-constant conformal curvatures of the conformal arclength functional. We prove that (1) the set of conformal classes of conformal strings is in one-to-one correspondence with the rational points of a certain complex domain and (2) any conformal class has a model conformal string, called symmetrical configuration, which is determined by three phenomenological invariants: the order of its symmetry group and its linking numbers with the two conformal circles representing the rotational axes of the symmetry group. This amounts to the quantization of closed trajectories of the contact dynamical system associated to the conformal arclength functional via Griffiths' formalism of the calculus of variations.

Quantization of the conformal arclength functional on space curves / Musso, Emilio; Nicolodi, Lorenzo. - In: COMMUNICATIONS IN ANALYSIS AND GEOMETRY. - ISSN 1019-8385. - 25:1(2017), pp. 209-242. [10.4310/CAG.2017.v25.n1.a7]

Quantization of the conformal arclength functional on space curves

NICOLODI, Lorenzo
2017-01-01

Abstract

By a conformal string in Euclidean space is meant a closed critical curve with non-constant conformal curvatures of the conformal arclength functional. We prove that (1) the set of conformal classes of conformal strings is in one-to-one correspondence with the rational points of a certain complex domain and (2) any conformal class has a model conformal string, called symmetrical configuration, which is determined by three phenomenological invariants: the order of its symmetry group and its linking numbers with the two conformal circles representing the rotational axes of the symmetry group. This amounts to the quantization of closed trajectories of the contact dynamical system associated to the conformal arclength functional via Griffiths' formalism of the calculus of variations.
2017
Quantization of the conformal arclength functional on space curves / Musso, Emilio; Nicolodi, Lorenzo. - In: COMMUNICATIONS IN ANALYSIS AND GEOMETRY. - ISSN 1019-8385. - 25:1(2017), pp. 209-242. [10.4310/CAG.2017.v25.n1.a7]
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